2 Samuel 19:20:92 Sam.19.20.W9TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:21

רִאשׁוֹן֙

rishon

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Transliteration
ri-SHON
Extended
rih-SHOHN
IPA
/riːˈʃoːn/

Meaning by language

English
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Result
רִא + שׁוֹן֙
ri + shon
rishon

Alphabet Analysis

Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ri-SHON

  2. clause

    ve-hin-NE-ba-TI ha-YOM ri-SHON le-khol-BET yo-SEF la-RE-det lik-RAT a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh

  3. sentence

    KI ya-DA av-de-KHA KI a-NI kha-ta-TI ve-hin-NE-ba-TI ha-YOM ri-SHON le-khol-BET yo-SEF la-RE-det lik-RAT a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh

Exegesis

The adjective rishon {רִאשׁוֹן | rî·’šôn} specifies sequence.

In context2 Samuel 19:20

For your servant knows that I have sinned, and behold, I have come today as the first from all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 19:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 19:20, so the Hebrew word רִאשׁוֹן֙ (rishon) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.19.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.20.W9.S1) and character.